Empire+B+Barriers


 * BARRIERS DISCUSSION**


 * Please list the results of your facilitated discussion on barriers and restraints to managing change and shift in schools.**
 * What is preventing them from being successful at implementing change?**

Barriers Instituting an email system in the district- teachers are saying it’s a distraction, response is that it is a classroom management issue- admins are on our side- may not have been rolled out effectively Teachers are open and willing but they are too comfortable with just what they are doing Learning cureve with teachers and students- web 2.0 tools- getting the teachers on board- Still get the typical I don’t have time, too many initiatives, too hard to collaborate It’s one coach and 1600 teachers, inequity of equipment and scripted lessons ties to admin walk-thrus Teachers are so concerned with standardized test scores and mandated by district to implement remedial approaches like study island Fear of doing a PBL (even knowing it is aligned) and not getting it across to each student Some study island issues, but not all equipment worked effectively and things are blocked so some gave up and don’t want to try even if it ok now Time is an issue because they are only there for limited time for the regular classes in addition to shop Admins and teachers don’t understand PBL or related concepts- they think they are integrating technology with PPT Time and understanding of PBL- need a district technology curriculum plan but having trouble getting the right people to the table to build that Too much content so they can take the test- not enough time to do project- Benchmark testing is consuming so much technology equipment being used for benchmark testing so it isn’t available for other things- Fear of Internet- District school board and admins don’t want them to have email which prevents a lot of opportunities HS went 1:1 but also a Learning Focus School, new gradebook program but now with all the projects they have actually stepped back even with more technology Inconsistency between grade levels that do things Filtering issues and student emails- staff and budget concerns related to hardware Teachers are becoming jaded- so many programs come and go- not able to decern what is really valuable Lack of equipment, sharing carts and flip cameras- scheduling hassles as well as time but admins/educators don’t’ want students to use their own computers Getting every teacher on board, some teachers don’t feel technology has a place- getting materials in place for teachers to be able to use- limited carts and computer access- not even technology to go around Time- teachers don’t have time- and/or equipment has been put in their room but they haven’t been trained on how to use it We don’t have a consistent vision for what and how technology supports learning- schools are becoming less about learning instead of meeting standards.


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